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World Donald Trump International Affairs Russia chose Donald Trump as the U.S. presidential candidate who would be most advantageous to Moscow, and used online tactics to win him the presidency, according to a former agent of the Israeli intelligence agency the Mossad. "Officials in Moscow looked at the 2016 U.S. presidential race and asked, which candidate would we like to have sitting in the White House? Who will help us achieve our goals? And they chose him. From that moment, they deployed a system [of bots] for the length of the elections, and ran him for president,” former Mossad chief Tamir Pardo told the audience at the Marker’s digital conference in Israel on Monday, where experts gathered to discuss online disinformation campaigns and bots. “What we’ve seen so far with respect to bots and the distortion of information is just the tip of the iceberg. It is the greatest threat of recent years, and it threatens the basic values that we … [Read more...] about Russia Picked Donald Trump and Ran Him for President, Former Israeli Intelligence Officer Says

World Russia investigation Donald Trump Lawyers suggested that Donald Trump might have been aware that his longtime fixer Michael Cohen planned to lie to Congress about efforts to establish a Trump Tower in Moscow. On Thursday, Cohen admitted that he had lied to Congress about the timeline of efforts to launch the Moscow project. During congressional testimony in September, he said he had abandoned the project in January 2016 after he failed to receive a response from a Kremlin spokesman. He now admits that he had continued to lobby for the project until June of that year. In a sentencing document submitted Friday, Cohen’s lawyers noted that their client was in “close and regular contact” with Trump’s lawyers in the lead up to his congressional testimony, a statement that raises questions about whether Trump knew that Cohen would lie. Cohen was aware that Trump had repeatedly denied having any political or business ties to Russia, and he knew that Trump wanted … [Read more...] about Russia Investigation: Donald Trump May Have Known Michael Cohen Lied to Congress About Moscow Deal, Lawyers Say

Literally a circus atmosphere for Roger Stone’s speech to a pro-Donald Trump club in West Palm Beach. A camera from Showtime’s political documentary series “The Circus” records Stone’s remarks. (George Bennett/The Palm Beach Post) With prosecutors interviewing a dozen of his associates, Roger Stone told hundreds of supporters of President Donald Trump on Monday night that “it is entirely possible that Mr. Mueller will frame me for some extraneous crime.” Stone, speaking to the Club 45 PBC at the Palm Beach Kennel Club, said he’s never colluded with Russia and will never go the route of longtime Trump attorney Michael Cohen and cooperate against Trump. “I’m ready. I will never roll on Donald Trump. Michael Cohen I am not,” Stone said. “One reporter asked me last week ‘Are you worried?’ I don’t worry. I make other people worry.” Click here to read the entire story.And be sure to check out the … [Read more...] about ‘I will never roll on Donald Trump,’ says Roger Stone in West Palm Beach

John Micklethwait, Bloomberg Published 4:12 am PDT, Friday, August 31, 2018 President Donald Trump speaks at a dinner celebrating Evangelical leadership in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington on Aug. 27, 2018. President Donald Trump speaks at a dinner celebrating Evangelical leadership in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington on Aug. 27, 2018. Photo: Bloomberg Photo By Al Drago. Photo: Bloomberg Photo By Al Drago. Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Image 1 of 1 President Donald Trump speaks at a dinner celebrating Evangelical leadership in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington on Aug. 27, 2018. President Donald Trump speaks at a dinner celebrating Evangelical leadership in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington on Aug. 27, 2018. … [Read more...] about Trump doubles down on Donald Trump

News / UK and world by Press Association July 12, 2018, 12:03 am FacebookTwitterLinkedInWhatsAppEmail Sign up to our Daily newsletter Theresa May has warned Donald Trump not to ignore the “malign behaviour” of Russia when he meets President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki. Downing Street insisted the Prime Minister welcomed Mr Trump’s decision to “engage” with the Russian leader in the Finnish capital on Monday. However No 10 also made clear that she expected him to raise issues like the Salisbury nerve agent attack on former spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Yulia . Officials said she made her position clear at the working dinner on Wednesday at the Nato summit in Brussels. In remarks released by her office, she said that when it came to dealing with Russia, it was essential to do so from a position of strength underpinned by alliance unity. “As we engage Russia we must do so from a position of unity and strength, holding … [Read more...] about Theresa May counting on Donald Trump to rein in Vladimir Putin